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I am so excited about the Long Beach Karate Tournamenth!! I have been working hard on my katas so much!!

This time I will be in 3 divisions...Free form (I think I will do Ghi Hon for this one), for weapons (yari yokun) -spear weapon (unless i get better on my sword and sai katas), and (Okan) for traditional form...unless i learn a new kata that is more challenging than the last one!

My Goal is to get to win all first places to I can win Grand Masters and then that opens up World Championships (free world wide flights to compete to Brazil, china, Canada, mexico and more)....then get my name out there...

To me this is a HUGE milestone in my life because I have over come so many obstacles and problems to get where I am now.

At the beginning of my journey I started karate to keep the legacy of my late husband Ron going because he was a martial artist himself (actually a Master); and he taught Ninjitzu, Gougangi, Taijitzu, Tainigi and he was very, very talented! But now, I realized that karate is for me! This is MY legacy and no one else!! This new mentality is rejuvenating, refreshing and freeing.

Another aspect to starting karate was to rehabilitate my injured left shoulder so I can avoid surgery. I injured it while taking care of my late husband as he was dying. On top of it all, I have court battles to deal with and 11 businesses with the economy in the toilet! So I have a constant amount of stressors in my life. I am surprised I haven't gone postal!

Karate has saved me in so many ways...I don't know what I would do if I hadn't started karate! I was also in a weird state of mind when my husband died that I couldn’t concentrate on myself or even my son! I became so lacks about my parenting skills because I was so dumb from the death of my husband!

So this Tournament is a HUGE deal for me! It finalizes all my struggles, hurts, pains, and brings new light to my triumphs! This is so huge that it is a HUGE milestone as up to the time in my life such as getting married, having a baby and the death of my husband Ron! Another thing is that this also starts my new journey in being triumphant, successful, more confident, and mentally, physically and spiritually stronger!

One day as I get stronger for me to do more Tournaments! I know I can and I know I will!! I love a challenge and I NEVER back down from it! I also hope that all of you can draw some strength from my battles and that you will see my circumstances and see how I overcome them and so can you! I can do this tournament and karate with all my problems all of you can do it too!

You are all invited to the Long Beach Karate Tournament (the Long Beach Convention) and see me compete!! I will be in the green belt division with the 30 year olds!! It might cost you $20 to get in but bring your own food!!